Nonfouling spool for fishing reels



June 30, 1953 E, E. VINCENT v NONFOULING SPOOL FOR FISHING REELS Filed March 2, 1951 INV'ENTOR Emma exmceu'r ATTORNEY Patented June 30, 1953 UNITED STATES OFFICE reel with respect to the spool. Briefly stated, the

present invention resides in providing one flange of the spool with spaced tufts of fibrous material which project into the space between the spool flange and the surrounding portion of th flyer to prevent the line from slipping into thi space and to create a brushing effect when the flyer rotates.

The above and other advantageous features of the invention will hereinafter more fully appear from the following description, considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a casting reel provided with e, non-fouling spool embodying the present invention, with some parts shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the reel shown in Fig. 1, with the spool occupying a different position with respect to the flyer.

Fig. 3 is a view in end elevation of the reel shown in Fig. 1, as viewed from the left.

Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of the nonfouling spool removed from the reel.

Fig. 5 is a view in end elevation of the spool shown in Fig. 4, as viewed from the right.

Fig. 6 is a view in side elevation of the spool shown in Fig. 4 with the fibrous material removed therefrom. 7

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, a, spool I embodying the present invention is shown, for purposes of illustration, as being mounted on a casting reel which provides a rotatable flyer 2 of generally cupped-shaped form. The flyer 2 is mounted on a sleeve 3 which is rotatable within a housing 4, with the sleeve 3 being driven by a pinion 5 in mesh with a gear 6 mounted on a shaft 1. The shaft 1 extends at right angles to the sleeve 3, and is adapted to be turned by means of a handle 8, so as to impart rotative movement to the flyer 2.

The spool I is mounted on a rod 9 which extends through the sleeve 3 and is slidable therein. The spool I is held on the outer end of the rod 2 Claims. 1(01. 242-844) a by a nut I0, and the rod 9, with the spool i thereon, i adapted to be moved back and forth within the housing t by means of a block iI mounted on the inner end of the rod 9 and connected by an eccentric pin I 2 to the gear 5. Therefore, rotation of the gear 5 by turning the handle 8 will impart a back and forth movement to the rod 9 which Will cause thespool I to be traversed with respect to the rotating flyer 2. The extent of this traversing movement between the spool I and the flyer 2 will be apparent from a consideration of Figs. 1 and 2, and the purpose of the present invention is to prevent the line L carried by the spool I from becoming fouled in the space between the spool and flyer. Such fouling of the line L is liable to occur when it is allowed to become slack, before or after casting, or when the line is being rewound 0n the spool after a cast by the operation of a laying finger I3 movable with the flyer 2, which finger serves to carry the line around the axis of the spool I.

Referring now to Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, there the spool I is shown as having been removed from the reel in order to better illustrate the means for preventing fouling of the line. It i to be noted that the spool I consists of spaced flanges I4 and I5 connected by a hub portion I5, with the flange It being of somewhat smaller diameter than the flange I5. When the spool I is mounted on the rod 9, the flange I4 faces outwardly and always extends beyond the flyer 2 to permit the line L to be freely withdrawn endwise from the spool when using th reel for casting. The other flange I5 is of such diameter as to move freely within the flyer 2 when the line is rewound on the spool with a traversing movement, by turning the handle 8, and thi flange I5 is provided with means for preventing fouling of th line by passing between the flange I5 andthe flyer 2, as the winding takes place, or wheneverthe line becomes slack.

As best shown in Fig. 6, the edge of the flange I5 is provided with a number of pairs of slots I 1 which are inclined with respect to each other, and a length of fibrous material I8 is laced back and forth into the slots I! from within the flange I5, so as to provide a series of short loops I9 projecting outside the flange I5, as shown in Fig. 5.

The material I8 is of a soft fibrous nature, such as chenille, so that each loop I9 on the outside of the flange l5 presents a small-tuft of a, soft, yieldable nature.

Therefore, when the spool I is mounted on the rod 9 as shown in Fig. 3, the projecting tufts I9 of the fibrous material I8 will be located in the space between the flange l5 and the surrounding flyer 2. When the flyer rotates with respect to the spool I, as when rewinding the line L on the spool, the tufts [9 will create a brushing effect between the flange i5 and the flyer 2 which will prevent the line from slipping between the spool flange and the flyer and becoming fouled behind the spool.

Since the brushing contact between the tufts l9 and the flyer 2 occurs at spaced points around the flange IS, the desired non-fouling effect is obtained without creating any appreciable friction between the spool and the fiver. Should the tufts I9 become worn after continued usecf from the slots [7 and relaced from 'a different starting point, so as to expose fresh tufts (9 around the outside of the flange l5.

From the foregoing it is apparent that by the present invention there is provided an improved non-fouling spool for use with fishing reels of the line casting type, with ethespool serving to eifectively prevent fouling of the line between a spool flange and the inside of the rotating flyer. While the reel illustrated in the accompanying drawings is of the particular construction shown in my copending application Serial No. 105939 filed July 21, .1949, obviously the non-foulingspool of the present invention can be employed with any-reel of the line-casting type, wherein there'is relative movement between a spool flange and a surrounding flyer element.

I claim:

,1. A non-fouling spool forflshing reels, comprising spaced flanges and a central cylindrical line-storing portion therebetween, with one of said flanges being provided with a series of pairs of edge notches oppositely inclined with respect to each other, and a length of soft flexible fibrous material laced back and forth through said notches, with said material being located entirely within said flange, except where it passes between notches on the outside of said flange to expose a series of tufts disposed at intervals around the outside of said flange.

2. A fishing reel construction comprising in combination, a frame, a rotatable cup-shaped flyer mounted on said frame, a shaft slidably mounted on said frame, and movable back and forth with respect to said flyer, a spool mounted on "saids'haft, and comprising spaced flanges for ,;rece iving a line therebetween, with one of said flanges providing edge notches, and a length of References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,370,699 Warren Mar. 6, 1945 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 861,383 France Oct. 28, 1940 262,494 Switzerland Oct. 17,1949 

